Help with ww2 Japanese Katana

[DaveR]

A quick google found this.... Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Yongsan Garrison in 1944

[ghp95134]

A quick google found this.... Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Yongsan Garrison in 1944

Thanks! Very interesting to see the (somewhat staged) daily life of a Korean conscript in the IJA. AT YONGSAN!!

-- Guy

[Excoalminer]

The cutting edge is 27" long, and the blade does not have a groove.

[Sporter90]

The cutting edge is 27" long, and the blade does not have a groove.

It's a good length. It's another indication that this is not a Showato, which are usually found a little over 26". Not that 26" is bad. It's just the way Showato set up for all around purpose.

I used word "another", because the length alone is not enough to determine anything.

[Sporter90]

It looks very much like a shallow groove to me.

[Excoalminer]

I must admit it does look that way, it must be the light as there is no groove. One assessment thinks the blade has been shortened, is this likely?

[DaveR]

This is what is meant, bo-hi. meaning of grooves

[Excoalminer]

He did say Bo-utsuri, so he meant grooved straight blade. But there is no groove at all..

[Sporter90]

I must admit it does look that way, it must be the light as there is no groove. One assessment thinks the blade has been shortened, is this likely?

I don't know about this. He's a professional. If he thinks the blade is shortened, the chances are he is right. Of course, he's working under a handicap. If it turns out he's wrong, it's understandable.